atmospheric science and climate change. Today we have data regarding the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, changes in air temperature, sea level rise, and ice cap melting that confirms the comments mad ...

19, 1955, from Hurricane Diane. If the high-end total is confirmed, it would qualify as a 1- in-1,000-year extreme rainfall event, based on NOAA's point precipitation frequency estimates. A 1-in-1,000- ...

snow can give scientists a glimpse of our atmosphere through time. To understand how the atmosphere has changed, university scientists have been collecting samples of this air from compacted snow, cal ...

warming; the world must bring the net amount of greenhouse gases that we release into the atmosphere down to zero. That won't happen immediately. But naturally occurring fire is part of the Great Plai ...

degrading the rainforest and increasing the amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. El Niño and rainfall in the Amazon. Rainfall in the central Amazon is sharply seasonal, shifting nort ...

parts of the state. This image shows the total precipitable water forecast to be in the atmosphere at 11 a.m. on the West Coast on April 6, 2018 using data from the Global Forecast System model run at ...

percent per decade. As NSIDC reported, the lowest 18 sea ice extents on record have all occurred in the last 18 years (2007-2024). Besides the record low of 2012, other minimum extents below 2024's in ...

of these indicators include various types of greenhouse gases; temperatures throughout the atmosphere and ocean, and over land; cloud cover; sea level; ocean salinity; sea ice extent; and snow cover. ...

Introduce students to ImageJ before beginning the exercise. Instructors should emphasize the effect of aerosols on the energy budget and climate. Suggest pairing students for activity. Excellent use a ...

levels. The sources and effects of increased aerosol levels (such as soot and dust) in the atmosphere are another subject of intense scientific inquiry. Finally, land use practices can have dramatic e ...